# RCW 7.28.130: RCW 7.28.130: Defendant must plead nature of his or her estate or right to possession

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S130

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 7.28.130
- **Heading:** RCW 7.28.130: Defendant must plead nature of his or her estate or right to possession
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 59 / Chapter 28 / Section 130

## Text

The defendant shall not be allowed to give in evidence any estate in himself, herself, or another in the property, or any license or right to the possession thereof unless the same be pleaded in his or her answer. If so pleaded, the nature and duration of such estate, or license or right to the possession, shall be set forth with the certainty and particularity required in a complaint. If the defendant does not defend for the whole of the property, he or she shall specify for what particular part he or she does defend. In an action against a tenant, the judgment shall be conclusive against a landlord who has been made defendant in place of the tenant, to the same extent as if the action had been originally commenced against him or her.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 7.28.010 RCW 7.28.010: Who may maintain actions—Service on nonresident defendant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S010.md)
- [RCW 7.28.060 RCW 7.28.060: Rights inhere to heirs, devisees and assigns.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S060.md)
- [RCW 7.28.070 RCW 7.28.070: Adverse possession under claim and color of title—Payment of taxes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S070.md)
- [RCW 7.28.080 RCW 7.28.080: Color of title to vacant and unoccupied land.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S080.md)
- [RCW 7.28.090 RCW 7.28.090: Adverse possession—Public lands—Adverse title in minors, persons under guardianship or conservatorship.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S090.md)
- [RCW 7.28.130 RCW 7.28.130: Defendant must plead nature of his or her estate or right to possession.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S130.md)
- [RCW 59.28.020 RCW 59.28.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S020.md)
- [RCW 59.28.030 RCW 59.28.030: Contracts—Expiration or termination—Notice—Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S030.md)
- [RCW 59.28.040 RCW 59.28.040: Notice of expiration or prepayment—Owner's duty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S040.md)
- [RCW 59.28.050 RCW 59.28.050: Owner's rights—Public regulatory powers—Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S050.md)
- [RCW 59.28.100 RCW 59.28.100: Violations—Civil actions—Parties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S100.md)
- [RCW 59.28.120 RCW 59.28.120: Department of commerce—Develop and provide information and technical assistance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S120.md)
- [RCW 59.28.902 RCW 59.28.902: Effective date—2000 c 255.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T59_C28_S902.md)

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